OssanAmerica said...

OssanAmerica at 09:40 PM JST - 22nd August

Stopped reading here. China will never overtake Japan. Wow, thats the biggest call I've heard in years. All those other >economists must be wrong!

How do you think we ended up in the global recession we're in now? Ever hear of Alan Greenspan?

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 09:40 PM JST - 22nd August
OssanAmerica at 09:38 PM JST - 22nd August

"Communicable diseases,Product piracy and infringements, Quality control >failures, Suppression of dissent and free thought, censorship and >disregard for human rights, air and water pollution, territorial >disputes with other countries,..... Sounds like Japan

Only to someone who lives on another planet. China excels in the above far beyond any other major…

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 09:38 PM JST - 22nd August
OssanAmerica at 09:35 PM JST - 22nd August

Wow. This film-maker has really come under attack from the Japanophiles >on here! I for one am prepared to listen to all sides, no matter how >biased they may be, and make up my own opinions.

No you're very wrong. The film maker is getting flack here from everybody because…

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 09:35 PM JST - 22nd August
OssanAmerica at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd August

TokyoRoughGuy, I don't think you are being realistic. China will >overtake the US, too.

China has already overtaken us in Communicable diseases,Product piracy and infringements, Quality control failures, Suppression of dissent and free thought, censorship and disregard for human rights, air and water pollution, territorial disputes with other countries,.....

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd August
OssanAmerica at 02:05 AM JST - 22nd August

It’s called “China: The Rebirth of an Empire.” It’s about China’s 21st->century re-emergence as a great world power, and what that is going to >mean for all of us.You know, Japan. The world’s number two economy. >Number one in Asia. About to be replaced in that regard by China.

Jesse,…

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 02:05 AM JST - 22nd August
OssanAmerica at 11:51 PM JST - 21st August

Paranoia and pride are the key factors here. The guy who thought it was >in his right to bring a gun (much less an assault weapon),

Actually it WAS his right under Arizona State Law, hence no one was charged or arrested.

obviously was paranoid that he had to protect…

Posted in Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest at 11:51 PM JST - 21st August
OssanAmerica at 09:21 PM JST - 21st August

thanks to ojbbstance's absurdly extreme and prejudiced post, I now desire to go see this movie.

Posted in Aya Ueto urges people to see Astro Boy and cry at 09:21 PM JST - 21st August
OssanAmerica at 09:16 PM JST - 21st August

Does Mr. Roos, the new US ambassador know about this? So basically the >US has these documents, and they were fabricated. For whose benefit? >When will Japan grow up and learn to face responsibility?

It's the LDP not "Japan".

Posted in Gov't to deny secret Okinawa pact at 09:16 PM JST - 21st August
OssanAmerica at 09:13 PM JST - 21st August

Carrying guns to a political meeting can only be seen as intimidation

Clearly neither the local Law Enforcement Officers on site nor the US Secret Service agree with you. Otherwise the people in question would have been charged.

At the moment, US and allied troops are in Afghanistan trying…

Posted in Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest at 09:13 PM JST - 21st August
OssanAmerica at 08:11 PM JST - 21st August

Guns are weapons and to carry them at a political demonstration, >regardless of whether legal, is intimidation and can only be interpreted >as such. Would you take a gun to McDonald's to exercise your right?

The guns were taken to a poltical demonstration, a location where the President was giving…

Posted in Gun-toters, including one with assault weapon, attend Obama protest at 08:11 PM JST - 21st August